Temple City lost against Blair back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Monday. The Temple City Rams took a 64-51 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blair Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 716th, while the Vikings are ranked 256th).
01/27/25 vs Blair | 5 |
12/18/24 @ South Hills | 4 |
01/20/25 @ Monrovia | 3 |
12/30/24 vs Hoover | 2 |
12/27/24 vs Mountain View | 2 |
When it comes to explaining why Temple City lost, don't look at Mason Collins. Despite the final result, he posted 12 points along with six boards and five assists. The dominant performance gave Collins a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Kwan, who put up ten points.
It was another big night for Timmy Anderson, who made all 7 shots he took for 24 points in addition to six assists and five rebounds for Blair. The game was Anderson's 27th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Manny Macias, who had eight points along with 16 boards and three blocks.
Temple City has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-14 record this season. As for Blair, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Blair beat Temple City by a score of 63-47 on Wednesday.
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